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Bushido Communication

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The first sin or original sin was the knowledge of good and evil. We have forgotten that the second sin is speaking clearly. These are man’s affronts against God, the child against the parent and the citizen against the state. This is why, when as a human Adam commits these sins, he is punished. Such is the price for being civilized and communicating. Is there any doubt that if Jesus came to earth again and preached we would first put him on television and then, after he established himself as a leader, either assassinate or crucify him again.
Our price for being civilized is to allow a multiplicity of controls to be placed on us. Our task is to assert our individualism and evolve while dovetailing into our society, an almost Sisyphusian task.

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Bushido Code & The Zen Pill

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In this modern age, the Bushido code of Justice and Compassion means that the warrior and Zen Buddhist support women’s rights and their way toward physical and mental health.

I like to keep the quotes that I glean from other writers very short, and just to emphasize a point. But in time magazines, Milestones, Letty Pogrebin, in her writing about the death of Carl Djerassi, a creator of the birth control pill, wonderfully summed up the entire abortion and birth control problem. She writes: Djerassi’s pill gave women more freedom than the Declaration of Independence. “Unless a woman is free inside her own skin, not subject to involuntary pregnancy, it is difficult if not impossible for her to exercise personal liberty or enjoy the pursuit of happiness. By giving us control of our bodies and reproductive decisions, the Pill has revolutionized our economic, political and sexual lives and enabled us to bear children whom we are financially prepared to support and emotionally committed to nurture and love.” Satoru

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The Zen Bushido Way

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Say little. But when you speak, utter gentle words that touch the heart. Be truthful. Express kindness. Abstain from vanity. This is the way. Satoru

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Life and Zen

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Life and Zen are too important to be taken seriously.

A Zen Buddhist walks up to a hot dog vender and asks,
“Make me one with everything.”
The Zen Buddhist gives the hot dog vender a twenty-dollar bill and asks for change.
The hot dog vender replies, “Change can only come from within.”

Satoru

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Bushido Sincerity

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Zen Communication

Human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to move the stars.

Words have the power to help or heal, use them carefully. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Your word is your bond. Express yourself completely then keep quiet.